title: Antibody tests for identification of Mycobacterium bovis-infected bovine herds.
abstract: Antibody in sera from 560 cattle of tuberculosis (TB)-infected and TB-free herds was investigated by competition and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using bovine purified protein derivative tuberculin as the antigen. Antibody was detected in sera from both types of herd, with a widely overlapping range of titers. However, a "tail" of high-titered sera was observed for the distribution of data for only those cattle from TB-infected herds.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia, Brescia, Italy. hans@ns.numerica.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amadori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tameni
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scaccaglia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cavirani
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Archetti
authors.forename: R Q
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Giandomenico
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015151:Immunoblotting; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology*; D014373:Tuberculin / Q000276:immunology; D014380:Tuberculosis, Bovine / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D014373:Tuberculin